“What?” ( Italian Che? ) Is an absurd comedy film by Roman Polansky ( 1972 ) starring Marcello Mastroianni . The film, largely improvised by the film crew, was shot on the island of Capri , in the villa of producer Carlo Ponti . [one]
| What? | |
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| Che? | |
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| Genre | comedy movie |
| Producer | Roman Polanski |
| Producer | Carlo Ponti |
| Author script | Gerard Brach Roman Polanski |
| In the main cast | Marcello Mastroianni Sidney Rum Hugh Griffith Guido Alberti |
| Operator | Marcello gatti Giuseppe Rudzolini |
| Composer | Claudio Gizzi |
| Film company | Compagnia Cinematografica Champion Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion Les films concordia |
| Duration | 114 min |
| A country |  Italy  France  Germany |
| Tongue | English French Italian |
| Year | 1972 |
| IMDb | ID 0070913 |
Content
Story
A young American by the name of Nancy travels the world in search of impressions carefully recorded in the diary. During a trip to Italy, the three guys who brought her up try to rape her, but she manages to escape from them. So she gets into the boarding house of a certain Mr. Noblart, filled with strange people: here is the former procurator, a masochist , and a nudist , and a crazy priest, and other half-crazy characters, including the owner of the mansion, whose deaths everyone is waiting for.
Cast
- Marcello Mastroianni - Alex
- Sidney Rum - Nancy
- Hugh Griffith - Joseph Noblart
- Guido Alberti - Priest
- Gianfranco Piacentini - Tony
- Elizabeth Witt - Nurse
- John Carlsen - Edward
- Romolo Valley - Giovanni
- Roger Middleton - Jimmy
- Roman Polanski - Mosquito (episode)
Criticism
You can draw an analogy between the adventures of Nancy and the eroticly reinterpreted adventures of Alice in Wonderland . The film is not accepted as one of the director's successes of Polansky. Critics have pointed out the lack of coherence in the film and the complete implausibility of some situations.
Notes
- ↑ Rabin, Nathan Polanski-tastic Sick-Fuck Case File # 149: What? (inaccessible link) . The AV Club . Onion (October 28, 2009). Date of treatment November 1, 2009. Archived January 7, 2010.
Links
- “What?” On the Internet Movie Database
- What? (English) on allmovie